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I just stepped out of the WWDC 2011 keynote and Steve Jobs and company just showed off some interesting new features of iOS 5.0. One thing we wanted to point out is that the next version of the iOS software will have deep integration with Twitter. This isn’t much of a surprise, as rumors suggested…
Yet another announcement out of WWDC today was a new service from Apple called iMessage, that is pretty much identical to RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger client. iMessage will let you send and receive text messages, photos, and contacts from other iOS users. Group messaging and read/unread/typing notifications (which are staples of BBM) can also be found…
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is kicking off today, where they’ll be unveiling the next version of the iPhone and iPad’s operating system. The features of iOS 5 haven’t been disclosed, but a music streaming and storage service called iCloud seems like a foregone conclusion, and there has been an awful lot of talk about deep,…
Modestie Boutique, located in Sydney, Australia, recently had to pay a fine of $9,992 Australian dollars (roughly $10,700 American dollars) after they fired Sedina Sokolovic with a text message. That’s right, because Modestie Boutique opted to sack someone the humiliatingly informal way, they now have to pay up. Sedina had been working Modestie for about…
Motorola has only just recently begun shipping their Droid X2 on Verizon, but it looks like it’ll soon be outdone by an unannounced device called the Droid 3. Videos obtained by PhonePads show off the as yet to be announced Motorola smartphone and it’s due to pack an 8 megapixel camera, have 1080p video recording,…
It’s a Verizon phones bonanza at Amazon Wireless. The mobile phone selling arm of the online retailer lists quite a few awesome offers for Verizon’s phones. The sale — which will run through June 8th — features such popular models as the HTC Thunderbolt, Motorola Droid X2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY. If you’ve been…
VinPass is touted as the first cross-platform social game created for wine, allowing wine lovers to win badges and earn rewards by sharing wine reviews. To put it in other words – it’s a check-in service for wine drinkers and one I’ll be using pretty regularly. 🙂 The service leverages existing online and mobile wine…
Quipster is a new iPhone app that wants to provide users with a better way to check-in. According to the official release, using Quipster makes it “fun and fast to share and discover what matters in your town.” This “trick” is achieved by providing context via icons while making checking-in more fun and social. Foursquare…
Look who’s preparing to enter the tablet market? It’s Chinese Huawei, which will reportedly unveil a new product to the media on June 20th, before showing it to the rest of the world at the CommunicAsia 2011 show. Details are super-scarce at the moment with the Chinese company only referring to it as the “next-generation…
Do you like parties with free food and drinks? Do you want a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Droid Charge or some Nexus S 4Gs? Do you live near San Francisco? If the answer is yes, then you should join IntoMobile tonight around 7 p.m. for a fun little party showcasing Samsung…